V  !    V 


The  dear  little  thing  reminded  us  of  spring  rain,  and  morning  sunshine, 

and  nooks  in  the  woods  where  the  first  violets  grow. 

She  is  called  "Wad  Flower." 


WHAT  WE  SAW  AT 
MADAME  WORLD'S  FAIR 

BEING  A  SERIES  OF  LETTERS  FROM  THE 

TWINS  AT  THE  PANAMA-PACIFIC 

INTERNATIONAL  EXPOSITION 

TO  THEIR  COUSINS 

AT  HOME 

BY 

ELIZABETH  GORDON 


AUTHOR  OF 

•  FLOWER  CHILDREN " 

"BIRD  CHILDREN" 

ETC. 

WITH  DRAWINGS  BY 

BERTHA  CORBETT 


SAN  FRANCISCO: 
SAMUEL  LEVINSON  •  PUBLISHER 

1915 


Copyright  1915 
by  Samuel  Levinson 


San  Francisco: 

The  Blair- Murdock  Company 
Printers 


CONTENTS 

Paac 

Preface v 

A  Letter  Home 1 

Festival  Hall 6 

The  Palace  of  Varied  Industries 9 

The  Palace  of  Machinery 12 

The  Palace  of  Mines 14 

The  Palace  of  Transportation 17 

The  Palace  of  Manufactures 20 

Our  Hostess , 23 

The  Palace  of  Fine  Arts , 25 

The  Palace  of  Education 28 

What  We  Saw  at  the  Palace  of  Food  Products    .     .     .     ...     .     .  31 

The  Palace  of  Agriculture 34 

The  Palace  of  Liberal  Arts 37 

The  Palace  of  Horticulture 40 

Our  First  Lesson  in  Sculpture 43 

The  Court  of  the  Universe 46 

The  Court  of  Abundance 49 

The  Court  of  the  Four  Seasons — The  Court  of  Flowers       .     .     .     .  52 

Mural  Paintings 55 

What  We  Did  in  Italy 58 

Our  Visit  in  Tehuantepec *     ...  61 

Our  Visit  to  Japan 64 

Canada  the  Beautiful 67 

Our  Chinese  Visit 70 

More  Foreign  Travel 73 

Our  Day  in  Sweden 76 

The  Fireworks  and  Illuminations 79 

The  Panama  Canal  Concession 82 

Our  Day  on  the  Zone 84 


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FOR  many  years  it  has  been  the  dream 
of  Madame  World  to  have  a  canal  cut 
through  the  narrow  strip  of  land  between 
the  East  and  the  West,  so  that  folks  might  visit 
each  other  without  having  to  go  so  far  around. 

Also  she  thought  that  one  family  might  have 
something  which  another  family  might  use  if  there 
Were  a  short  way  to  send  it  across. 

And  there  were  other  reasons  .'Families  should 
know  each  other,  and  be  able  to  share  each  other's 
joys  and  sorrows. 

Madame  World  said  so  much  about  it,  that 
one  of  her  older  daughters  tried  to  get  the  work 
done,  without  success,  and,  finally,  Uncle  Sam 
said, "  Very  well,  Mother,  I  believe  you  are  right 
about  this;  and  though!  am  your  very  youngest 
son,  if  you  will  let  me  try,  I  promise  you  that  I 

[v] 


PREFACE 

will  cut  a  canal  through  that  swampy  back  yard 
of  yours,  and  that  your  biggest  ships  shall  float 
safely  through." 

Then  Madame  World  said: "  Those  are  brave 
words,  my  son,  but  you  have  not  fatten  account 
of  the  difficulties  in  the  way.  Things  called  Fevers 
lurJ^  in  the  swamps  ready  to  spring  upon  you,  and 
there  is  also  a  monster  whose  name  is  Malaria. " 

"Nonsense,  Mother  mine, "replied  Uncle  Sam, 
'  those  things  are  born  of  Fear,  and  I  do  not  know 
Fear  and  will  not  listen  to  him.  I  will  cut  the 
canal  for  you. '* 

So  Madame  World  gave  her  son  permission 
to  go  to  work,  and  in  a  short  time  the  work  was 
finished,  and  Uncle  Sam  presented  his  lady  mother 
with  the  Panama  Canal. 

Madame  World  decided  to  celebrate  the  event, 
and  sent  out  invitations  to  her  families  to  come 
to  a  big  party  which  she  Would  give.  She  asked 
them  to  bring  their  families,  and  their  work,  and 

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PREFACE  ,/        ,:;'.••':•••    \ 

their  fruits  and  grains,  and  learn  to  \now  each 
other. 

Then  she  looked  around  for  a  place  to  picnic, 
where  this  big  family  could  be  fed  and  housed, 
and  where  the  elements  were  most  friendly. 

Away  out  on  the  edge  of  the  Pacific  Ocean 
she  saw  the  golden  glow  of  California's  magic 
city  of  San  Francisco,  and  she  said, "  These  people 
have  been  brave  under  many  difficulties,  and  they 
are  a  faithful  people.  They  shall  have  the  honor. " 

So  that  is  why  Madame  World  has  given  us 
this  big  beautiful  Fair,  which  everybody  will  al- 
ways remember.  It  is  the  celebration  of  a  dream 
come  true. 


[vii] 


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Night  Illumination,  Tower  of  Jewels. 


DEAR  COUSINS: 

FOR  weeks  and  months  we  had  been  reading 
every   scrap    of   information   we   could    find 
about  the  wonderful  Fair  which  was  to  be 
given  in  San  Francisco,  the  city  of  our  dreams. 

We  had  not  even  imagined  that  we  could  go  to  it, 
because  mother  could  not  come  until  later,  and  then 
school  would  be  in  session,  so  when  father  said  that 
we  might  come  with  him  we  were  more  than  thank- 
ful. 

Mother  looked  a  little  doubtful,  but  father  said, 
"Nonsense,  it  is  no  trick  at  all  for  me  to  take  them." 
Madame  World  has  sent  us  an  invitation  to  her  Fair 
and  we  could  not  think  of  refusing.  So  we  came  at 
once. 

We  have  been  so  wishing  that  you  could  be  here 
with  us  that  father  has  suggested  that  we  write  you 
a  letter  every  day,  and  tell  you  about  some  of  the 
things  that  we  see. 

[1] 


WHAT  'WE  SAW  AT  MADAME  WORLD'S  FAIR 

We  think  it  is  a  good  plan,  and  we  shall  try  to 
make  the  letters  as  full  of  interest  as  possible,  in  the 
hope  that  we  may  show  you  something  of  it,  and  at 
the  same  time  fix  it  in  our  own  memories. 

First,  then,  this  Wonder  City  by  the  Sea  is  a  real 
city,  even  though  it  does,  as  we  heard  a  lady  remark 
today,  look  like  a  poet's  dream. 

It  has  a  bank,  and  a  postoffice,  a  hospital,  a  fire 
department,  a  hotel,  a  street  car,  houses  for  the  dif- 
ferent families  of  the  world  to  live  in,  and  in  fact 
about  everything  which  any  city  needs. 

The  buildings  and  statuary  are  made  of  a  kind  of 
cement,  called  artificial  travertine,  tinted  to  look 
like  terra  cotta. 

Real  travertine  is  a  pure  carbonate  of  lime  formed 
from  dripping  water  which  bears  a  lime  deposit,  and 
is  found  in  Rome,  where  it  is  much  used  in  building 
and  for  statuary.  The  imitation  travertine  was  dis- 
covered by  Mr.  Paul  Denneville  of  New  York,  and 
we  have  to  thank  him  for  the  fact  that  after  all  day 
at  the  Fair  our  eyes  are  not  in  the  least  tired;  it  is 
due  to  the  fact  that  the  material  is  easily  tinted,  that 
Mr.  Jules  Guerin  who  composed  the  color  scheme  of 
the  whole  Fair  was  able  to  carry  out  his  ideas. 

You  will  remember  that  Mr.  Guerin  is  the  man 

[2] 


Madame  World  has  sent  us  an  invitation  to  her  Fair  and  we  could  not 
think  of  refusing.  So  we  came  at  once. 


A  LETTER  HOME 

who  makes  the  color  pictures  which  we  have  so 
much  admired  in  the  "Century  Magazine." 

The  roofs  are  covered  with  artificial  tiles,  and  the 
contrast  between  the  pinkish  walls  and  the  red  of 
the  roofs  makes  a  picture  which  will  never  be  for- 
gotten. 

It  seems  a  pity  that  the  city  cannot  remain,  but  it 
is  not  built  for  permanency,  father  says,  but  is  like 
a  beautiful  dream,  which  seems  so  real  that  the 
memory  stays  always,  and  that  its  influence  will 
color  our  whole  lives,  and  make  each  one  of  us  bet- 
ter for  having  seen  it. 

And  when  we  got  our  first  glimpse  of  the  Tower ! 
We  couldn't  even  say  "Oh !"  We  just  looked  at  each 
other,  and  then  back  at  the  Fair  city,  just  to  make 
sure  we  were  not  dreaming. 

There  was  the  beautiful  Tower  of  Jewels,  smiling 
and  twinkling  its  shining  eyes  at  us,  and  saying, 
"Come  in,  children;  come  in,  and  walk  under  my 
beautiful  blue  arches,  and  through  my  magic  courts, 
and  my  sheltered  gardens,  and  be  happy,  and  love 
each  other  and  all  the  children  of  the  world.  Peace 
I  offer  you,  and  Plenty,  and  Harmony,  and  Beauty. 
Here  you  are  safe,  and  here  you  are  welcome.  Come 

in,  my  children." 

[3] 


WHAT  WE  SAW  AT  MADAME  WORLD'S  FAIR 

So  in  we  went.  The  sun  was  shining,  the  blue 
waters  of  the  bay  were  sparkling,  bands  were  play- 
ing, the  red  and  yellow  flags  were  flying  in  the  sweet 
salt  breezes,  and  the  lovely  white  pigeons  were  coo- 
ing; and  best  of  all,  little  white  people,  and  little 
brown  people,  and  little  yellow  people  were  here  and 
there  and  everywhere,  all  happy  and  smiling  and 
glad  that  they  had  come. 

We  will  tell  you  about  the  Tower.  It  is  Madame 
World's  expression  of  joy  and  satisfaction  that  the 
Canal  is  finished,  and  it  is  really  the  key  to  the  whole 
Fair.  Mr.  Thomas  Hastings  of  New  York  designed 
it.  It  is  four  hundred  and  forty-three  feet  in  height, 
and  the  arch,  which  is  the  gateway  to  the  Fair,  is 
sixty  feet  wide  and  one  hundred  and  ten  feet  high. 

On  the  pedestals  are  figures  of  men  who  have 
made  the  world  what  it  is  today.  There  are  fifty 
thousand  jewels  on  the  Tower,  of  five  colors — 
canary,  amethyst,  ruby,  aquamarine,  and  white. 
These  were  made  in  Austria,  of  a  peculiar  kind  of 
sand  which  produces  a  very  hard  glass,  called 
Sumatra  stone,  and  which  takes  a  high  polish.  The 
jewels  were  cut  exactly  like  precious  stones,  and 

are  called  Nova  Gems. 

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A  LETTER  HOME 

These  were  set  in  bands  of  metal,  and  suspended 
from  hooks,  each  jewel  with  a  tiny  mirror  back  of  it. 

When  the  winds  move  the  jewels,  they  catch  the 
light,  and  sparkle  like  real  gems. 

At  night  under  the  illumination  of  the  search- 
lights the  Tower  is  even  more  beautiful  than  in 
the  sunshine. 

We  are  glad  that  we  are  going  to  have  the  mem- 
ory of  the  Tower  to  take  away  with  us. 

Your  loving  cousins, 
JANE  AND  ELLEN. 


[5] 


FESTIVAL  HALL 

DEAR  COUSINS: 

FOR  Music,  whom  Madame  World  loves  very 
much,  she  has  provided  an  imposing  palace 
worthy  indeed  for  so  great  a  goddess. 

It  has  a  wonderful  arched  entrance,  with  statues 
of  mythological  meanings,  which  father  explained 
to  us,  but  we  liked  best  little  Pan,  who  sits  at  the 
left  of  the  entrance.  He  has  charmed  with  his  pipes 
a  chameleon,  who  has  come  to  his  feet  to  listen  to 
the  music. 

We  often  amuse  ourselves  by  wondering  how 
many  panes  of  glass  there  are  in  the  great  dome  of 
the  hall,  but  father  says  there  is  no  way  to  be  sure. 

But  it  is  a  very  large  hall,  and  will  hold  about 
four  thousand  people,  and  is  not  large  enough  even 
at  that.  Music  has  so  many  adorers,  many  of  whom 
have  made  a  pilgrimage  to  hear  her,  and  who  dis- 
like being  disappointed. 

To  this  palace  will  come  while  the  Fair  lasts  all 

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FESTIVAL  HALL 

the  worshipers  of  Music,  and  all  the  world's  great 
orchestras,  with  their  distinguished  leaders. 

Even  the  Boston  Symphony,  which  so  seldom  ever 
leaves  its  own  beloved  city,  is  here  for  a  season. 

The  Goddess  of  Flowers  and  the  Goddess  of 
Music  are  first  cousins,  and  so  the  lovely  grounds  are 
always  crowded  full  of  the  dear  little  Flower  people, 
standing  on  their  tiptoes  to  catch  the  strains  of  music 
as  they  float  out  from  the  palace. 

There  are  whole  fields  full  of  Pansies,  in  their 
gorgeous  yellow,  and  brown  and  purple  dresses,  and 
the  golden-hearted  Shasta  Daisies  have  crowded 
close  up  to  the  palace  walls.  The  lovely  Lady 
Hydrangeas,  who  wear  a  different  gown  for  each 
month  in  the  year,  seem  eager  not  to  lose  a  note,  and 
the  dainty  Heaths  come  hurrying  and  laughing  up 
the  walk  from  the  Avenue  of  Palms,  beckoning  the 
baby  Blue  Gums  across  the  way  to  come  closer. 

The  darling  naughty  little  California  Poppies, 
who  always  go  just  where  they  please,  have  simply 
broken  loose  and  are  everywhere  you  go,  while  the 
Canterbury  Bells,  little  rogues,  who  were  expressly 
told  to  stay  in  their  own  back  yard,  have  come  out  in 

front  and  cuddled  themselves  at  the  feet  of  the  Lady 

[7] 


WHAT  WE  SAW  AT  MADAME  WORLD'S  FAIR 

Eucalyptus,  who  has  thrown  her  bluish-green  robe 
over  them,  so  that  they  may  stay  and  hear  the  music. 

Everything  around  Festival  Hall  is  harmonious 
and  beautiful,  and  the  glorious  sunshine  is  over  all, 
and  the  salt  breezes  from  the  bay,  whose  work  it  is  to 
keep  the  air  always  clear  and  health-giving,  are 
never  idle. 

Madame  World  was  a  wise  mother  when  she  chose 
this  spot  for  her  Fair. 

Your  loving  cousins, 

JANE  AND  ELLEN. 


[8] 


THE  PALACE  OF  VARIED 
INDUSTRIES 

DEAR  COUSINS: 

THE  Palace  of  Varied  Industries,  where  we 
spend  a  good  deal  of  time,   is  a  beautiful 
building  in  the  old  California  Mission  style, 
and  has  some  fine  doorways.    The  statuary  used 
around  the  building  is  meant  to  say  that  work  is  hon- 
orable and  desirable. 

It  is  wonderful  how  many  kinds  of  work  there  are 
in  the  world.  We  never  stopped  to  think  until  we 
came  to  this  Fair,  that  everything  that  is  made  has 
first  to  be  thought  out.  And  then  all  the  little  things 
that  go  with  it  have  to  be  thought  out,  even  to  a  little 
flower  in  the  wall  paper,  or  the  way  icing  is  put  on 
a  cake. 

All  Madame  World's  families  have  sent  samples 
of  work  to  this  palace:  There  are  the  loveliest  little 
hand-knitted  sweater  dresses  for  children  from  the 

Argentine,  laces  from  Spain,  cocoanut  fibre  hats 

[9] 


WHAT  WE  SAW  AT  MADAME  WORLD'S  FAIR 

from  the  Philippine  Islands,  wood-carvings  from 
Switzerland,  and  some  equally  as  pretty  from  South 
Carolina  made  by  boys  in  a  private  school. 

Mrs.  Adelaide  Robineau  has  some  wonderful 
porcelains  from  Syracuse,  New  York,  which  are 
very  beautiful. 

We  admired  the  jewelry;  there  are  gems  of  all 
sorts  in  hand-wrought  mountings,  both  ancient  and 
modern. 

There  are  wonderful  opals,  tinted  like  the  gleam 
in  a  bubble,  some  very  lustrous  pearls,  which  you 
would  think  were  worth  the  king's  ransom  which 
you  always  read  about  in  stories,  but  which  are 
made  from  the  scales  of  a  little  three-inch  fish  found 
in  Russian  waters. 

We  nearly  forgot  to  tell  you  about  the  silkworm 
exhibition.  It  was  the  thing  we  liked  best  in  the 
whole  palace.  The  silkworms  eat  a  very  great 
amount  of  mulberry  leaves,  and  are  most  inexcus- 
ably particular  about  their  diet,  and  when  they  are 
ready  they  go  into  their  cocoons,  and  that  is  the  last 
of  them. 

Only  a  few  are  allowed  to  become  butterflies,  but 
they  are  not  pretty  butterflies,  anyway.  When  they 
have  spun  enough,  and  just  before  they  would  hatch 

[10] 


THE  PALACE  OF  VARIED  INDUSTRIES  j  j:'GRj\ 
and  spoil  the  silk,  they  are  sterilized,  and  then  the 
silk  can  be  unwound.  They  were  doing  that  when 
we  saw  them,  and  they  have  a  delicate  machine 
which  winds  the  silk  into  nice  soft  yellow  skeins, 
ready  to  be  woven.  It  is  one  of  California's  new  in- 
dustries, and  will  be  more  profitable  as  time  goes  on. 
There  are  so  many  things  to  choose  from,  we  are 
not  able  as  yet  to  decide  what  we  shall  do. 

Your  loving  cousins, 
JANE  AND  ELLEN. 


[in 


Palace  of  Machinery. 


THE  PALACE  OF 
MACHINERY 

DEAR  COUSINS: 

THE  Palace  of  Machinery  is  just  across  the 
Avenue  of  Progress  from  the  Palace  of  Mines, 
and  is  an  imposing  building  of  great  beauty, 
as  befits  a  god  of  so  much  power  and  importance. 
It  covers  nine  acres  of  ground,  and  seems  to  suggest 
strength.  Father  tells  us  that  it  is  the  largest  wooden 
structure  in  the  world.   He  says  that  six  million  feet 
of  lumber  were  required  for  sheathing  it  and  four 
carloads  of  nails  and  fifteen  hundred  tons  of  bolts 
and  washers  were  used  in  building  it. 

We  found  many  things  of  interest — machines  for 
drilling  oil  wells,  and  machines  for  refining  the  oil, 
machines  for  crushing  great  rocks,  and  machines  for 
making  roads.  There  were  canning  machines,  gas 
engines,  giant  printing-presses,  bookbinding  ma- 
chinery and  all  sorts  of  electrical  devices.  Father 

[12] 


WHAT  WE  SAW  AT  MADAME  WORLD'S  FAIR 

says  that  every  machinery  appliance  that  has  been 
invented  is  shown  here  in  completest  detail. 

There  was  a  knife  in  one  exhibit  which  opened 
and  shut  all  by  itself;  it  was  a  giant  knife,  and  we 
said  to  each  other  that  perhaps  a  gnome  was  making 
it  open  and  shut.  A  little  boy  who  was  near  said, 
"Aw!  Sillies!  It  goes  by  machinery!"  So  then,  of 
course,  we  knew! 

There  were  some  moving-picture  machines  in  the 
palace,  but  we  did  not  see  them  work,  and  we  are 
going  back  there  some  day.  In  all  the  palaces  they 
have  wonderful  "movies,"  and  sometimes  we  go  to 
them  while  father  looks  at  things. 

We  find  that  it  is  better  not  to  get  too  tired,  so  we 
went  and  sat  in  the  Avenue  of  Progress  and  listened 
to  a  band  which  was  playing,  until  father  came  out, 
and  then  we  came  home.  It  was  a  heavy  day,  seeing 
so  much  massive  machinery,  and  we  were  a  little 
tired,  but  very  glad  that  we  had  seen  it  all. 

Your  loving  cousins, 
JANE  AND  ELLEN. 


[13] 


THE  PALACE  OF  MINES 

DEAR  COUSINS: 

^  •  ^HE  Palace  of  Mines  is  a  most  interesting  Pal- 
ace, built  in  the  Spanish  style,  with  some  very 

JL     fine  doorways  or  portals. 

Inside  we  found  so  many  things  of  interest  that 
we  were  quite  surprised,  as  we  had  not  expected  to 
be  so  very  much  interested  in  mines.  Father  says 
that  we  came  to  this  Fair  to  learn  about  the  things 
in  it,  and  mines  are  very  important.  We  began  to 
think  he  was  right,  when  we  saw  the  two  big  balls  of 
gold  which  show  where  the  most  gold  comes  from, 
and  how  much  is  mined  every  year. 

Gold  mines  are  not  the  only  kind  that  are  valu- 
able. So  many  things  come  from  mines  which  we 
had  never  even  wondered  about  before,  that  we 
wonder  now  at  our  former  ignorance.  Jewels  of 
every  kind  come  from  the  ground — lovely  opals  and 
diamonds,  and  our  birthstone — the  purple  amethyst 
— and  rubies,  and  everything  but  pearls.  It  is  won- 
derful to  think  of,  isn't  it?  We  were  invited  to  go 

[14] 


WHAT  WE  SAW  AT  MADAME  WORLD'S  FAIR 

down  in  a  coal  mine,  not  a  real  otie,  of  course,  but 
one  which  shows  just  how  it  looks.  It  was  a  bit 
scary  down  there;  and  always  after  this  when  we 
are  sitting  before  a  glowing  coal  fire,  and  perhaps 
popping  corn  over  it,  we  shall  remember  that  some 
one  went  down  in  a  dark  coal  mine  and  dug  it  out 
for  us.  Father  says  that  the  Fair  teaches  us  great 
lessons,  and  the  best  among  them  is  to  be  kinder  to 
each  other. 

When  we  came  up  from  the  coal  mine  we  were 
taken  into  a  dark  room,  like  the  ones  which  photo- 
graphers have,  and  shown  some  radium.  You  have 
to  use  a  sort  of  telescope  glass,  and  shut  one  eye, 
and  look  through  the  lens,  and  there  it  is  hopping 
about  in  the  box  just  as  though  it  did  not  enjoy  a  bit 
being  shut  up  in  there.  Being  so  little  of  it  in  the 
world  it  is  tremendously  expensive. 

We  were  glad  to  see  that  there  are  all  sorts  of 
ways  to  keep  the  men  who  work  in  mines  well  and 
happy  now,  at  least  compared  to  what  there  used  to 
be,  and  the  motto  "Safety  First"  is  all  over  every- 
where. 

The  machinery  for  working  the  mines  was  inter- 
esting to  father,  but  it  was  a  little  too  heavy  for  us, 
so  just  to  help  us  to  remember  that  we  had  seen  the 

[15] 


THE  PALACE  OF  MINES 

Palace  of  Mines  we  went  to  a  coal-mining  "movie." 
After  that  we  went  and  sat  in  the  North  Gardens 
and  watched  the  ships  go  by  until  father  came  for 
us.  The  bay  is  very  beautiful,  and  we  just  adore  the 
sea-gulls.  They  were  having  a  lawn  party  that  day. 

Your  loving  cousins, 
JANE  AND  ELLEN. 


[16] 


or 

TR/JNSPORT/ITION' 


DEAR  COUSINS: 

THERE  are  so  many  fascinating  ways  to  travel 
now  that  we  wonder  why  anyone  stays  at 
home. 

Father  observed  today  that  if  we  were  to  travel  in 
other  countries  for  the  same  length  of  time  that  this 
Fair  is  to  be  kept  open,  that  we  could  not  possibly 
learn  so  much  about  the  manners  and  customs  of 
the  people  as  we  can  by  seeing  the  Fair.  He  says  it 
is  a  privilege  to  have  seen  it,  because  before  we  are 
grown  up  there  will  not  be  another,  and  children 
remember  such  things  so  much  more  vividly  than 
grown-up  people  do. 

Today  we  went  to  the  Palace  of  Transportation. 
Even  Alaska  is  there  with  some  fine  canoes  and 
paddles,  and  models  of  steamships. 

The  Philippine  Islands,  Uncle  Sam's  little  brown 
children  of  the  seas,  have  sent  an  interesting  means 
of  transportation,  in  the  shape  of  a  water  caribou 
and  cart.  The  ox  has  immense  horns  which  spread 

[17] 


THE  PALACE  OF  TRANSPORTATION 
out  on  each  side  of  his  head,  and  measure  about  five 
feet  in  length.  They  must  be  heavy  to  carry. 

Contrasting  with  that  are  the  great  engines  of 
our  own  railroads,  turning  majestically  on  the  turn- 
tables, which  illustrate  how  men  can  handle  such 
monsters.  I 

There  are  aeroplanes  and  automobiles  of  the  very 
latest  models.  Here  again  we  were  reminded  that 
the  ideas  shown  are  all  new  ones,  and  we  should 
think  that  Madame  World  would  consider  that  her 
families  are  very  bright  children. 

We  went  up  on  the  deck  of  a  big  liner,  and  were 
quite  fascinated  with  the  dear  little  rooms,  with  the 
twin  beds,  and  pink  and  blue  cretonne  furnishings. 

We  wrote  a  letter  to  mother  on  one  of  the  dear  lit- 
tle desks  in  the  room  we  are  going  abroad  in  some 
day. 

Some  English  cars  are  shown,  and  we  did  not 
think  we  should  care  for  them,  as  one  has  to  be 
really  shut  up  in  the  compartment  until  it  gets  to  the 
next  station;  and  if  you  do  not  happen  to  own  it  all, 
some  one  whom  you  do  not  care  about  may  be  in 
there,  and  it  seemed  to  us  that  it  would  be  un- 
pleasant. 

[18] 


WHAT  WE  SAW  AT  MADAME  WORLD'S  FAIR 

We  do  not  wish  to  appear  unduly  patriotic,  but  we 
have  seen  nothing  as  yet  which  convinces  us  that 
there  is  any  place  better  than  our  own  land. 

But  father  says  that  every  one  feels  that  way,  and 
of  course  it  is  very  proper. 

Your  loving  cousins, 
JANE  AND  ELLEN. 


[19] 


THE  PALACE  OF  MANU- 
FACTURES 

DEAR  COUSINS: 

WE  WENT  across  the  Court  of  Flowers, 
stopping  to  admire  the  darling  pansies,  to 
the  Palace  of  Manufactures. 

This,  again,  is  in  Spanish  Renaissance  style,  and 
has  a  figure  of  Victory  on  the  gables,  another  re- 
minder that  we  have  been  victorious  with  the  Canal. 
One  of  the  interesting  things  we  saw  here  was 
rope-making.  A  large  Colonial  mansion  has  been 
made  of  rope,  the  big  cable  kind,  with  pillars  and 
all.  It  was  clean-looking  and  very  ingenious.  The 
rope  is  made  from  the  wild  banana  plant  which 
grows  in  the  Philippine  Islands  and  does  not  look 
as  though  it  were  good  for  anything.  They  also 
make  rope  of  a  plant  called  * 'sisal,"  which  is  a  cactus 
plant,  and  grows  wild  in  Mexico. 

At  this  place  a  variety  of  small  tools  had  been 

made  into  a  wonderful  waterfall,    something   like 

[20] 


WHAT  WE  SAW  AT  MADAME  WORLD'S  FAIR 

Niagara,  only  not  so  large,  and  a  ship  was  running 
on  the  river  above  the  falls  which  did  not  look  very 
safe  to  us;  it  might  be  drawn  over,  we  thought,  but 
nothing  happened.  A  very  life-like  snake  made  of 
steel  ran  across  the  bank  every  few  moments.  The 
boys  seemed  to  enjoy  it  very  much. 

There  was  also  a  fountain  made  of  wire,  playing 
in  the  yard,  and  it  looked  very  much  like  water  if 
you  wanted  to  help  out  by  some  pretend. 

A  little  Japanese  girl  in  this  palace  is  making  hats 
all  the  time,  but  she  does  not  get  tired  because  she  is 
just  a  little  statue,  or  figure,  in  a  glass  case,  but  she 
shows  how  the  work  is  done  as  well  as  though  she 
were  alive,  but  you  miss  her  smile. 

Broom-making  is  also  interesting,  and  we  watched 
it  until  we  could  almost  make  a  broom.  First  the 
man  takes  a  handful  of  broom  straw,  and  puts  it  in 
a  machine,  which  does  something  to  it,  and  gives  it 
back.  Then  he  passes  it  on  to  another  man,  and  he 
puts  it  in  another  machine,  and  before  you  know  it 
there  is  a  regular  broom,  like  your  mother  sends  you 
to  the  grocery  for. 

I  have  always  thought  it  would  be  better  to  take 
the  seeds  out  of  the  broom  and  plant  them  and  raise 

one's  own  brooms,  but  I  know  better  now.    The 

[21] 


THE  PALACE  OF  MANUFACTURES 

straw  is  put  in  hot  water  first,  and  so,  of  course,  the 
seeds  would  not  grow.  Besides,  one  would  have  to 
buy  a  machine. 

A  wonderful  machine  from  Switzerland  was  mak- 
ing hand-made  embroidery,  or  some  that  looked  just 
as  well,  and  we  wished  that  you  might  see  it. 

It  appealed  to  us,  because  to  stay  in  the  house  and 
embroider  has  never  seemed  to  us  to  be  worth  while, 
although  we  do  like  pretty  things.  Men  do  the  work 
with  this  machine,  and  they  have  a  pattern  of  the 
flower  they  are  putting  on  the  work  pinned  on  the 
wall  in  front  of  them.  I  am  quite  sure  brother  would 
let  us  go  without  embroidery  before  he  would  stay 
in  and  do  it. 

We  wouldn't  mind  a  bit  cutting  and  making  doll 
clothes  from  the  darling  paper  patterns  that  we  saw, 
if  they  would  lend  us  a  sewing-machine. 

But  we  didn't  ask  to  do  it. 

Your  loving  cousins, 
JANE  AND  ELLEN. 


[22] 


OUR  HOSTESS 

DEAR  COUSINS: 

OF  COURSE  not  every  one  could  come  to  this 
party,  no  matter  how  much  they  might  wish 
to,  so  there  are  several  States  which  have  no 
mansion  at  the  Fair. 

California  had  thought  about  that,  and  so  built  a 
much  larger  house  than  she  would  have  needed 
for  her  own  people,  that  those  having  no  State  house 
might  feel  perfectly  at  home. 

She  is  always  a  most  delightful  hostess,  and  makes 
one  visiting  her  feel  so  welcome  and  comfortable 
that  the  visit  is  never  forgotten.  Her  beautiful  man- 
sion is  made  after  the  old  Mission  style,  with  a  bell 
tower,  and  bells,  and  lots  and  lots  of  room  in  it — 
parlors,  cafes  and  rest  rooms,  and  a  lovely  ballroom 
where  the  grown-ups  may  amuse  themselves. 

We  go  over  to  California's  house  when  we  are 
tired,  because  our  State  is  one  of  those  which  has 
no  house,  and  one  day  while  father  was  visiting  with 

some    friends  we  went  in  the  secret  gardens    and 

[23] 


OUR  HOSTESS  :'"'/;•  :•:'•;'} i!;-\ 

waited  for  him.  It  is  a  lovely  place,  with  old  acacia 
trees  in  it,  and  a  clipped  Monterey  pine  hedge 
around  it,  and  a  wishing  well  in  the  middle. 

It  was  so  still  and  sort  of  whispery  in  there  that 
we  began  to  feel  like  children  in  a  story,  so  we  pre- 
tended that  we  were  captive  maidens  in  an  en- 
chanted garden.  Whenever  we  tried  to  get  out,  the 
place  where  the  gate  was  a  moment  before  was  just 
solid  hedge.  We  despaired !  An  enchanted  pigeon 
flew  down  from  the  blue  sky!  We  implored  her 
aid !  So  she  flew  away,  and  then  father  came.  We 
know  now  that  we  shall  be  famous  story-writers. 

In  the  counties'  annex,  California  shows  that  she 
is  a  whole  world  all  by  herself.  Each  county  has  sent 
of  her  treasures,  and  the  fruits  are  as  golden  as  the 
real  gold  which  is  found  here. 

If  there  were  nothing  else  to  be  seen  at  the  Fair,  it 
would  still  be  worth  while  to  have  come  to  see  Cali- 
fornia, whose  blue  skies  and  golden  fields  are  always 
smiling.  No  one  has  ever  seen  a  frown  on  Califor- 
nia's face, — not  all  over  at  one  time.  We  love  you, 

California ! 

Your  loving  cousins, 

JANE  AND  ELLEN. 


[24] 


Colonnade  of  The  Palace  of  Fine  Arts  reflected  in  the  Lagoon. 


THE  PALACE  OF 
FINE  ARTS 

DEAR  COUSINS: 

WE  fear  that  we  are  not  old  enough  to  write 
to  anyone  about  the  Palace  of  Fine  Arts, 
it  is  so  wonderful,  especially  when  it  is 
reflected  in  the  little  lake  where  the  swans  live. 

We  got  our  first  glimpse  of  it  in  the  lake,  and  we 
almost  thought  we  must  have  gone  to  Greece,  and 
had  not  heard  about  it  yet,  because  it  looked  like 
something  out  of  our  Greek  book. 

We  walked  around  among  the  lovely  trees,  and 
went  in  and  stood  in  the  colonnade.  It  was  so  still 
and  hushed,  and  different  from  the  rest  of  the  pal- 
aces, that  it  made  us  feel  peaceful  and  holy,  like 
going  to  early-morning  service  on  Easter  Day. 

The  galleries  were  a  bit  bewildering  to  us,  there 
were  so  many  pictures,  but  we  wandered  around  by 
ourselves,  and  found  some  fascinating  screens  of 

lovely  Chinese  cats,  and  roosters,  which  we  under- 

[25] 


WHAT  WE  SAW  AT  MADAME  WORLD'S  FAIR 

stood.  There  were  more  of  our  Swedish  snow  pic- 
tures, and  away  down  in  a  little  room  at  the  end  we 
found  some  miniatures  which  we  loved.  It  made  us 
feel  quite  acquainted  and  welcome  to  find  a  minia- 
ture called  "A  Mountain  Lassie"  which  was  painted 
by  Bertha  Corbett  Melcher,  our  own  dear  Sunbon- 
net  Babies  lady. 

We  wandered  out  in  the  grounds  to  wait  for 
father,  and  there  among  the  shrubbery  we  found  the 
darlingest  little  Pan,  with  his  pipes.  We  stayed  with 
him  a  long  time.  Janet  Scudder  sculped  him.  Then 
we  came  to  the  very  prettiest  thing  we  have  found  at 
the  Fair — a  dear  little  child  figure,  standing  on  tip- 
toe, with  her  hands  outstretched  to  us,  and  her  baby 
face  full  of  joy,  as  though  she  had  just  seen  the 
world  for  the  first  time  and  loved  it.  She  is  called 
"Wild  Flower"  and  was  made  by  Edward  Berge. 
The  dear  little  thing  reminded  us  of  spring  rain,  and 
morning  sunshine,  and  nooks  in  the  woods  where  the 
first  violets  grow. 

There  is  another  figure  by  Mr.  Berge,  called  "Boy 
and  Frog,"  and  many  other  dear  little  baby  figures 
which  we  did  not  have  time  to  learn  about,  because 
it  was  time  to  go  home. 

Father  was  pleased  that  we  had  found  something 

[26] 


THE  PALACE  OF  FINE  ARTS/'' 

to  interest  us.  We  intend  to  study  the  Ekpf-es^ioii  o'f '' : '""' 
Art,  because  we  feel  so  much  better  in  our  hearts 
when  we  find  some  beautiful  thing  which  we  can 
understand. 

Your  loving  cousins, 

JANE  AND  ELLEN. 


[27] 


Western  Facade,  Palace  of  Education,  Looking  across  Fine  Arts  Lagoon. 


THE  PALACE  OF 
EDUCATION 

DEAR  COUSINS: 

THE  Palace  of  Education  has  a  most  beautiful 
entrance,  which  is  as  it  should  be,  because 
education  is  the  most  necessary  thing  in  the 
world.  Father  says  that  we  do  not  at  all  realize  our 
blessings  because  things  are  made  so  easy  for  us. 
He  says  that  he  and  Mr.  Abraham  Lincoln  did  not 
have  things  so  easy. 

But  it  could  not  have  been  so  bad,  because  see 
what  splendid  men  they  both  grew  up !  We  found  so 
many  things  of  interest  that  we  could  not  begin  to 
tell  you  about  them.  But  the  thing  which  most  in- 
terested us  was  the  vocational  schools  which  Massa- 
chusetts was  showing. 

Their  motto,  * 'Earning  while  learning,' *  does  seem 
so  sensible.  They  explain  that  there  will  always  be 

some  children  who  will  have  to  help  support  them- 

[28] 


WHAT  WE  SAW  AT  MADAME  WORLD'S  FAIR 

selves,    and    so    Massachusetts,    like    Sentimental 
Tommy,  has  found  a  way. 

The  children  go  to  school  one  week,  and  work  in 
a  factory  the  next  week,  turn  and  turn  about.  Mas- 
sachusetts has  a  large  number  of  factories  and  so 
can  make  an  arrangement  of  this  sort,  but  she  be- 
lieves that  other  communities  have  some  industries 
which  could  furnish  work  for  children. 

Another  school  idea  appealed  to  us  more:  We  do 
not  like  to  think  of  other  little  children  having  to 
work  when  we  have  so  many  good  times,  and  we 
hope  that  there  will  be  found  a  way,  very  soon,  so 
that  they  need  not  do  it. 

But  the  idea  is  this,  and  it  also  belongs  to  Massa- 
chusetts: They  build  a  schoolhouse  in  the  center  of 
say  twenty-five  miles  of  country.  They  put  teachers 
there,  but  no  pupils.  The  whole  radius  of  twenty- 
five  miles  is  the  school.  If  a  boy  over  fourteen,  who 
has  attended  regular  school  up  to  that  time,  wishes 
to  start  a  business,  so  that  he  can  both  earn  and 
learn,  whether  it  is  chicken-raising,  carpentering, 
fruit-growing,  dairying,  anything  which  he  can  do  in 
the  country,  he  becomes  a  pupil  in  the  school,  and  is 
entitled  to  one  visit  a  week  from  a  teacher,  who  will 

not  only  show  him  how  to  do  the  work,  but  will  in- 

[29] 


THE  PALACE  OF  EDUCATION 

struct  him  how  to  market  his  wares.  He  is  expected 
to  keep  along  in  regular  school  work  as  well,  so  that 
when  he  is  twenty-one  he  will  have  a  business,  and 
some  money  in  the  bank.  Father  said  that  was  real 
common  sense  applied.  There  are  also  schools  in 
home-making,  where  any  girl  from  seven  to  seventy 
years  of  age  can  learn  all  about  housekeeping,  and 
taking  care  of  children.  We  saw  some  lovely  leather 
bags  made  by  the  high  school  pupils  of  Minneapolis, 
which  father  said  were  worthy  of  skilled  workmen. 
We  have  not  yet  decided  upon  a  life  work,  but  we 
are  going  to  learn  to  make  gingerbread  and  jam,  cur- 
rant jam. 

Your  loving  cousins, 

JANE  AND  ELLEN. 


[30] 


WHAT  WE  SAW  AT  THE 

PALACE  OF  FOOD 

PRODUCTS 

DEAR  COUSINS: 

FRONTING  on  the  Esplanade  we  found  the 
Food  Products  Palace.   Madame  World  con- 
siders that  it  is  most  important  that  the  Spirit 
of  Plenty,  who  rules  food  production,  should  have 
a  palace  worthy  of  her  august  Highness. 

They  were  cooking  so  many  things,  and  showing 
such  quantities  of  food  that  it  was  most  surprising. 
We  were  offered  almost  everything  to  eat  that  we 
had  ever  heard  of,  and  some  that  we  did  not  know 
existed.  We  were  willing  to  sample  them  all,  but 
father  said  that  he  did  not  believe  we  had  better  try 
to  eat  in  so  many  languages.  So  we  just  had  an  oat- 
meal scone,  and  some  puffed  rice,  and  some  Chinese 
cookies,  a  cup  of  chocolate,  and  a  bit  of  biscuit,  and 
a  few  other  little  things,  but  the  others  all  looked 

good. 

[31] 


WHAT  WE  SAW  AT  THE  PALACE  OF  FOOD  PRODUCTS 

A  lady  has  the  most  fascinating  display  of  flowers 
made  out  of  butter,  red  roses,  and  yellow  roses,  and 
water-lilies,  and  tulips,  all  growing  on  a  lattice  work 
inside  her  refrigerator.  The  colored  flowers  may  be 
eaten  because  it  is  all  colored  with  pure  food  colors. 
You  could  not  tell  that  the  flowers  were  not  real, 
they  look  as  though  they  grew  there.  She  must  have 
a  lovely  soul. 

We  wandered  around  to  see  the  Aquarium.  The 
fishes  are  lovely;  we  wish  they  did  not  have  to  be 
called  Food  Products.  The  Shovel-nosed  Sturgeon 
is  very  probably  a  cousin  to  old  Mr.  Alligator,  be- 
cause he  looks  like  him.  He  has  the  same  bony 
humps  on  his  back,  and  his  head  is  shaped  almost 
the  same. 

The  Gar  Pike  looks  like  a  submarine,  and  holds 
his  body  very  rigidly,  swimming  only  with  his  fins. 
He  is  grey  and  looks  very  cool  and  calm. 

In  one  pool  with  some  big  blue  Catfishes  were 
some  Salamanders,  with  funny  furry  tufts  on  their 
heads.  They  were  lazy  and  would  not  get  up.  They 
resemble  lizards.  There  was  a  whole  tank  of  lovely 
Golden  Perch  from  Catalina.  They  have  faces  with 

real  foreheads,  and  a  very  bored  and  haughty  ex- 

[32] 


WHAT  WE  SAW  AT  MADAME  WORLD'S  FAIR 

pression.    There  were  also  some  lovely  Rainbow 
Trout  from  Canada's  mountain  streams. 

We  were  much  interested  in  the  fish-hatching  pro- 
cesses. The  eggs  are  kept  under  running  water  on 
a  sort  of  griddle  or  coarse  net,  and  when  one  little 
wiggly  fellow  comes  out  he  uncoils  and  is  long  in- 
stead of  round  as  he  was  in  the  egg,  and  so  he  drops 
down  into  the  bottom  of  the  tank,  and  begins  to  be 
a  fish.  He  carries  the  rest  of  the  egg  around  with 
him  for  a  few  days  so  that  he  need  not  be  hungry 
until  he  has  absorbed  the  nutrition  it  gives  him. 

Fishes  do  not  care  much  about  their  relations  ex- 
cept for  dinner,  as  they  are  real  cannibals.  I  suppose 
they  do  not  know  any  better,  but  it  seems  unfortun- 
ate. I  fear  we  neglected  the  rest  of  the  palace. 

Your  loving  cousins, 
JANE  AND  ELLEN. 


[33] 


PALACL  or 
AGRICULTURE: 


DEAR  COUSINS: 

WE  WENT  around  through  the  Court  of 
the  Universe,  and  across  the  Aisle  of  the 
Setting  Sun  to  the  Palace  of  Agriculture, 
which  is  very  beautiful  indeed. 

We  suppose  that  Madame  World  wished  to  do  all 
the  honor  possible  to  the  Goddess  of  Agriculture,  as 
she  is  a  most  useful  goddess,  and  the  world  could  not 
do  without  her,  because  she  has  to  furnish  food  for 
all  the  earth. 

We  get  used  to  taking  things  very  much  for 
granted,  and  do  not  seem  to  be  interested  in  where 
things  come  from,  and  so  that  is  why  such  a  Fair  as 
this  is  useful.  It  lets  us  know  to  whom  we  are  in- 
debted for  the  things  we  eat.  Iowa  had  a  real  moun- 
tain of  corn,  lovely  golden  corn,  and  Vermont  had 
real  maple  sugar  to  eat  on  the  Johnnie  cake  the  corn 
would  make. 

North  Carolina  and  South  Carolina  send  us  rice, 

and  Cuba  sends  us  coffee,  and  South  America  sends 

[34] 


WHAT  WE  SAW  AT  MADAME  WORLD'S  FAIR 

fruits  and  also  coffee,  China  sends  tea  and  preserved 
ginger  and  funny  nuts,  and  California  and  Florida 
give  us  oranges  and  grapefruit  and  strawberries,  and 
almost  everything  good  to  eat,  and  the  Philippines 
send  us  cocoanuts  and  Hawaii  sends  pineapples. 
Did  you  know  that  peanuts  grow  on  a  vine  in  the 
ground,  and  that  bananas  do  not  grow  on  a  tree  but 
on  a  tall  ferny-looking  thing  which  is  not  a  tree,  and 
pineapples  grow  on  short  plants  which  are  set  out 
every  year?  It  takes  a  long  time  for  the  pineapple 
to  perfect  itself,  but  we  did  not  learn  just  how  long. 

A  gentleman  from  Cuba  showed  us  a  collection  of 
fruit  which  is  grown  in  that  island,  including  the 
avocado,  or  alligator  pear.  It  is  a  very  wonderful 
fruit,  and  there  is  a  tree  in  Southern  California  which 
is  insured  for  thirty  thousand  dollars. 

But  the  big  red  apples  from  Oregon  were  of  more 
interest  to  us,  because  we  know  that  we  like  those, 
and  do  not  have  to  take  any  risks.  And  the  lovely 
juicy  golden  oranges  of  California  are  good  enough 
for  us.  But  we  liked  to  see  all  the  things  that  have 
grown  from  the  ground,  because  we  can  never  quite 
understand  the  marvel  of  it — how  a  little  seed  knows 
quite  well  what  it  is  going  to  be  when  it  comes  up. 

We  know,  because  we  planted  some  lettuce  one  year 

[35] 


THE  PALACE  OF  AGRICULTURE 

and  it  came  up  turnips.  It  said  lettuce  on  the  paper, 
but  the  seeds  knew  all  the  time  that  they  were  no 
such  thing. 

We  could  not  be  deceived  like  that  again,  because 
we  know  the  difference  now  between  lettuce  and 
turnip  seed. 

We  asked  father  if  he  did  not  think  that  Madame 
World  should  be  very  proud  of  her  children,  and  he 
said  yes,  he  did  think  so,  and  also  that  it  was  a  great 
privilege  to  belong  to  her. 

Father  says  such  wise  things ! 

Your  loving  cousins, 
JANE  AND  ELLEN. 


[36] 


THE  PALACE  OF 
LIBERAL  ARTS 

DEAR  COUSINS: 

A'  WE  went  in  the  door  of  the  Liberal  Arts 
father  called  our  attention  to  the  doorway, 
and  also  to  the  panel,  representing  the  mak- 
ing of  things  which  we  use,  and  the  figure  of  the 
lady  with  the  spindle,  and  the  man  with  the  hammer. 
These  were  made  by  Mr.  Mahonri  Young  of  Salt 
Lake  City,  Utah,  and  are  meant  to  show  that  work  is 
honorable  and  desirable. 

All  the  ideas  shown  in  this  building  are  not  more 
than  ten  years  old,  or  if  older  they  have  been  greatly 
improved  in  that  time. 

The  telephone,  for  instance,  has  been  so  much  im- 
proved that  it  is  very  much  more  practical.  We  were 
allowed  to  hear  a  telephone  message  from  New  York 
the  other  day,  and  shown  movies  of  how  they  put 
the  poles  and  wires  over  the  mountains.  It  was  like 
magic.  Now  comes  along  a  machine,  which  we  were 

[37] 


THE  PALACE  OF  LIBERAL  ARTS 

shown  in  the  Palace  of  Liberal  Arts,  which  really 
is  a  wizardry  sort  of  thing,  as  it  takes  your  message 
if  you  telephone  when  your  friend  is  out,  and  repeats 
it  to  him  in  your  own  voice  when  he  returns.  We 
know  because  we  tried  it.  The  man  asked  us  to 
speak  into  the  telephone,  and  then  let  us  hold  the 
machine  to  our  ears  and  it  spoke  right  back  to  us. 
We  have  always  thought  such  a  machine  would  be  a 
help,  especially  if  we  wanted  to  stay  at  grand- 
mother's for  supper,  and  could  not  get  mother  on 
the  'phone. 

Bookbinding  appeals  to  us  very  much  indeed,  be- 
cause it  is  so  smooth  and  shows  that  one  has  taken 
pains  with  the  work,  and  perhaps  we  shall  become 
bookbinders.  A  lady  had  some  beautiful  leather 
bindings  there,  and  she  was  most  kind  about  ex- 
plaining. 

We  thought  we  would  like  one  of  the  dear  little 
cameras  that  go  in  a  hand-bag,  and  take  little  bits  of 
pictures  which  afterward  grow  into  big  ones,  but 
father  said  we  must  wait  for  that.  So  we  went  to  see 
the  apparatus  for  taking  the  "movies,"  and  also 
looked  at  the  lovely  autochromes.  It  is  too  bad  that 
they  will  not  reprint  in  color,  but  before  the  next  ten 

years  of  course  they  will. 

[38] 


WHAT  WE  SAW  AT  MADAME  WORLD'S  FAIR 

We  wonder  if  you  have  seen  the  new  lawn  sprink- 
ler which  jumps  around  from  one  place  to  another 
on  the  lawn.  When  we  went  home  today  we  saw  it 
at  work  out  in  the  lawns,  and  we  could  scarcely 
believe  our  eyes.  It  sprinkled  one  place  until  it 
thought,  apparently,  that  it  was  wet  enough,  and 
then  it  bobbed  out  of  sight  and  came  up  about  ten 
feet  away,  working  like  mad.  Really  if  you  did  not 
know  about  it,  it  would  make  you  think  you  were 
asleep  and  dreaming  a  fairy  story. 

Your  loving  cousins, 
JANE  AND  ELLEN. 


[39] 


Palace  of  Horticulture,  looking  across  the  Great  South  Gardens. 


THE  PALACE  OF  HORTI- 
CULTURE 

DEAR  COUSINS: 

HORTICULTURE,  as  you  know,  is  the  art  of 
making  things  grow,  like  grass  and  flowers 
and  blooming  trees  and  shrubs,  which  add  so 
much  to  the  beauty  of  the  world. 

The  Goddess  of  Horticulture,  whose  name  is 
Flora,  should  be  very  happy  in  the  palace  which 
Madame  World  has  provided  for  her  at  the  Fair, 
because  it  is  extremely  beautiful. 

Madame  values  the  goddess  Flora  very  highly, 
and  loves  her  dearly,  because  she  knows  what  a  very 
different  place  this  world  would  be  without  her. 

Her  palace  at  the  Fair  has  a  wonderful  dome, 
where  the  sun  shines  in  all  day,  and  several  smaller 
domes,  so  that  the  palace  is  always  light  and 
cheerful. 

A  perfect  thicket  of  trees  and  shrubs  and  flowers 

[40] 


WHAT  WE  SAW  AT  MADAME  WORLD'S  FAIR 

surround  it,  seeming  to  peep  in  at  their  less  hardy 
sisters  who  live  inside  the  palace. 

The  wonder  worker  among  flowers  and  fruits  and 
vegetables,  Mr.  Luther  Burbank,  has  his  headquar- 
ters at  the  Fair,  and  will  be  happy  to  tell  any  one 
just  how  to  create  new  flowers  and  fruits,  and  give 
advice  on  gardening. 

We  wanted  to  ask  him  why  he  wanted  a  red  poppy 
instead  of  a  golden  one,  but  we  did  not.  We  love 
the  poppies  golden  just  as  they  are,  and  we  did  not  a 
single  bit  like  the  nasturtium-colored  ones  we  saw 
there.  But  of  course  we  are  only  children,  and  he  is 
very  wise. 

The  people  from  the  Netherlands  have  a  great 
garden  of  bulb  plants  in  the  grounds,  and  the  Japa- 
nese people  have  cherry,  plum,  and  other  orna- 
mental trees,  as  well  as  rare  flowers. 

A  gardener  told  father  that  the  great  eucalyptus 
trees  and  the  cypresses — many  of  them  sixty  feet 
tall — had  been  brought  down  from  a  park  and  put 
there  around  the  walls  of  the  palace.  We  wondered 
how  they  liked  being  transplanted. 

But  they  were  playing  quite  happily  with  the  little 
winds  from  the  ocean  and  seemed  quite  contented. 
The  gardener  told  us  that  they  were  going  back 

[41] 


THE  PALACE  OF  HORTICULTURE 

home  after  the  Fair  is  over,  so  perhaps  they  had 
heard. 

We  are  planning  a  garden  for  next  year.  We  shall 
have  heaps  of  poppies. 

Your  loving  cousins, 
JANE  AND  ELLEN. 


[42] 


OUR  FIRST  LESSON  IN 
SCULPTURE 

DEAR  COUSINS: 

WHEN  we  had  looked,   and  looked,   and 
looked   at   the   Tower,    and   had   almost 
counted  every  jewel  on  it,  we  were  so  de- 
lighted with  it,  father  called  our  attention  to  the 
Fountain    of  Energy,    made   by    Mr.    A.    Stirling 
Calder,  and  told  us  about  its  meaning,  or  symbolism. 
The  sculptor  means  to  convey  the  idea  that  the 
Canal  has  been  finished  because  of  the  pluck  and 
energy  and  courage  of  our  nation,  and  that  now  we 
are  going  on  to  better  things. 

The  queer  sea  creatures  at  the  base  of  the  fountain 
are  supposed  to  be  carrying  on  their  backs  the  four 
oceans,  the  North  and  South  Arctic,  and  the  Atlantic 
and  Pacific. 

The  figure  of  the  man  on  the  horse  certainly  looks 
very  animated,  and  we  supposed  that  the  figures 
standing  on  his  shoulders  are  heralds  who  are  to 
clear  the  way  for  him. 

[43] 


OUR   FIRST   LESSON   IN   SCULPTURE 

Near  Horticultural  Hall  in  the  South  Gardens,  at 
the  left  of  the  Fountain  of  Energy,  is  a  Mermaid 
Fountain  by  Mr.  Arthur  Putnam,  which  is  repeated 
at  the  right  in  front  of  Festival  Hall.  That  gives  you 
a  picture  of  the  tower  and  what  we  saw  from  the 
main  gate  as  we  went  in. 

Father  said  that  as  we  had  made  so  good  a  start, 
it  would  be  wise  to  keep  on  with  sculpture  for  the 
rest  of  the  day.  He  pointed  out  to  us  the  figure  of 
Victory,  which  has  been  placed  on  each  one  of  the 
palaces,  and  then  took  us  to  the  Court  of  Palms  to 
see  Mr.  James  Earle  Fraser's  'The  End  of  the 
Trail."  We  felt  just  how  tired  both  man  and  horse 
were,  and  felt  sorry  for  them  both.  We  asked 
father  why  they  had  come  so  far  to  get  themselves 
exhausted  like  that,  and  he  again  told  us  something 
of  symbolism. 

The  statue  is  intended  to  represent  the  redman, 
and  denotes  that  the  race  is  vanishing,  and  is  sup- 
posed to  be  studied  in  connection  with  the  "Pio- 
neer," Mr.  Solon  Borglum's  very  fine  statue  in  the 
Court  of  Flowers.  That  is  meant  to  say  that  the 
white  race  will  take  up  the  work  of  progress  and 
carry  it  on.  We  completed  the  lesson  by  going  to 
see  the  Column  of  Progress  at  the  end  of  the  Court 

[44] 


WHAT  WE  SAW  AT  MADAME  WORLD'S  FAIR 

of  the  Universe.  The  bas-relief,  that  means  the  flat 
figures  on  the  surface,  by  Mr.  Isadore  Konti,  show 
men  have  striven  for  the  best  in  life.  The  group  at 
the  top  of  the  column,  by  Mr.  Hermon  A.  McNeil,  is 
a  great  work,  father  says,  and  is  meant  to  express 
the  idea  of  effort. 

The  artist  has  also  expressed  the  thought  that  no 
man  can  accomplish  anything  alone,  but  must  have 
the  love  and  support  of  his  fellow  beings.  We  think 
that  is  a  beautiful  thought. 

Your  loving  cousins, 
JANE  AND  ELLEN. 


[45] 


THE  COURT  OF  THE 
UNIVERSE 

DEAR   COUSINS: 

WHILE  we  were  in  the  Court  of  the  Uni- 
verse, father  thought  we  had  better  have 
another  lesson  on  sculpture. 

He  considers  that  the  fountains  of  The  Rising  Sun 
and  Descending  Night  are  the  very  finest  things  at 
the  Fair,  and  he  has  traveled  abroad  and  is  a  good 
judge.  They  are  the  work  of  Adolph  A.  Weinman. 
Father  wants  us  to  put  in  the  names  of  sculptors  and 
artists  not  because  he  expects  us  to  remember  them 
just  now,  but  because  big  brother  will  want  to  know. 
The  very  big  groups  on  the  triumphal  arches  at- 
tracted our  attention,  and  we  asked  about  them  and 
what  they  were  supposed  to  mean.  Everything 
about  the  Fair  has  some  meaning,  but  we  do  not 
expect  to  get  it  all.  The  group  with  the  elephant  and 
the  Oriental  gentlemen  represents  Eastern  civiliza- 
tion on  the  way  to  meet  Western  civilization,  which 

[46] 


WHAT  WE  SAW  AT  MADAME  WORLD'S  FAIR 

is  represented  by  the  group  on  the  other  arch — that 
with  the  prairie  schooner  drawn  by  oxen,  and  the 
figure  of  the  Alaskan  woman. 

The  Spirit  of  the  East  marching  to  meet  The  Spirit 
of  the  West  is  meant  to  typify  the  meeting  of  the 
world's  families  now  that  the  Canal  has  been  com- 
pleted. 

The  groups  are  the  work  of  A.  Stirling  Calder, 
Leo  Lentelli,  and  Frederick  G.  R.  Roth. 

Father  liked  very  much  the  "Hopes  of  the  Future' * 
and  "The  Mother  of  Tomorrow,"  two  of  Mr.  Cal- 
der's  best  things,  in  the  group. 

We  liked,  especially  after  the  lights  were  on,  the 
figures  representing  stars,  of  which  so  many  are  used 
in  the  avenue  leading  north. 

Mr.  Robert  I.  Aitken  has  four  good  figures  in  this 
court,  and  in  the  evening  when  the  lights  were  on 
and  the  vapor  was  rising  from  the  urns  it  looked  like 
a  story  out  of  the  Arabian  Nights. 

The  flowers  are  lovely,  and  you  never  for  a  mo- 
ment feel  away  from  home,  because  all  the  courts 
are  so  homey-feeling,  just  like  one's  own  garden. 

Father  said  after  awhile  that  he  thought  it  would 
be  well  for  us  to  see  something  that  we  could  really 

understand,  and  so  he  took  us  over  to  see  Edith 

[47] 


THE  COURT  OF  THE  UNIVERSE 

Woodman  Burroughs'  dear  little  figure  of  "Youth" 
which  she  has  made  for  a  fountain.  We  just  loved 
it,  it  looks  so  girly,  and  we  were  also  much  interested 
in  the  Fountain  of  Eldorado  by  Mrs.  Whitney,  be- 
cause we  have  read  the  story  about  Ponce  de  Leon. 
It  would  be  nice  to  be  a  sculptor  if  one  were  a  boy, 
unless  one  could  be  an  aviator. 

Your  loving  cousins, 
JANE  AND  ELLEN. 


[48] 


COURT  or 


DEAR   COUSINS: 

WE  ARE  very  happy  and  cheerful  children 
— we  have  often  heard  people  say  so — 
but  behind  our  smiling  faces  lies  the  deep 
and  consuming  sorrow  that  we  have  not  a  brother 
of  our  own  age. 

We  can  never  understand  why  kind  Providence 
did  not  create  us  triplets  instead  of  twins  and  make 
one-third  of  us  boy !  It  would  have  made  no  differ- 
ence to  kind  Providence,  and  would  have  been  much 
better  for  us. 

We  have  never  needed  a  brother  as  much  as  we 
do  in  seeing  this  Fair,  though  of  course  we  say  noth- 
ing to  father  about  it  as  we  realize  that  he  is  doing 
his  best  for  us,  but  he  so  often  has  to  leave  us  while 
he  attends  to  some  business  or  other,  and  then  it  is 
we  feel  the  need  of  a  brother  of  our  own  age.  An 
older  one  would  be  of  no  use,  as  our  fifteen-year-old 
one  is  not  any  good  to  us.  He  says  he  has  interests 

of  his  own. 

[49] 


THE   COURT   OF   ABUNDANCE 

We  were  waiting  in  the  Court  of  Abundance  to- 
day for  father,  and  were  having  a  lovely  time  pre- 
tending that  the  lanterns  between  the  arches  were 
the  homes  of  the  light  fairies,  which  would  come  out 
after  the  sun  went  away,  and  waving  their  golden 
wands  would  say,  "Let  there  be  light,"  and  there 
would  be  light,  and  that  the  color  fairies  would  come 
down  from  the  pictures  and  dance  with  the  light 
fairies,  and  goodness  only  knows  what  we  might  not 
have  accomplished  in  the  way  of  a  six  best  seller 
when  a  young  sparrow  fell  out  of  his  nest.  He  was 
disturbed  about  it,  very  naturally,  but  we  were  so 
sorry  for  him  that  we  could  not  go  on  with  our  pre- 
tend. If  we  had  had  a  brother  of  course  he  could 
have  climbed  up  and  put  the  poor  little  thing  back, 
but  a  guard  came  and  got  him,  and  while  of  course 
we  shall  never  know  what  happened,  we  have  our 
fears. 

Father  came  just  then  and  we  asked  him  if  he 
wanted  to  give  us  a  lesson,  and  he  remarked  that 
he  feared  the  Court  of  Abundance  was  almost  too 
big  for  a  couple  of  ten-year-old  tots  to  get  much  out 
of  except  perhaps  fresh  air  and  incipient  inspiration. 
That  cannot  be  as  serious  as  it  sounds,  because  we 

are  sure  father  would  not  expose  us  to  anything,  but 

[50] 


WHAT  WE  SAW  AT  MADAME  WORLD'S  FAIR 

we  shall  look  up  "incipient"  as  soon  as  we  get  home. 

We  stayed  down  and  saw  the  lights  this  evening 
and  when  the  vapor  is  rising  from  the  urns  and  the 
serpents  are  writhing,  or  at  least  seeming  to,  and 
all  the  lanterns  are  lighted,  it  looks  like  something 
out  of  our  Arabian  Nights'  book. 

We  shall  try  to  finish  our  little  play  sometime, 
when  the  sparrows  have  taught  their  young  ones  to 

fly  properly. 

Your  loving  cousins, 

JANE  AND  ELLEN. 


[51  ] 


Night  Illumination — Niche  in  the  Court  of  the  Four  Seasons. 


THE  COURT  OF  THE  FOUR 

SEASONS-THE  COURT 

OF  FLOWERS 

DEAR   COUSINS:  ; 

WE  LOVE  the  Court  of  the  Four  Seasons, 
by  Mr.  Henry  Bacon.  It  is  so  homey  and 
lovely  in  there  that  we  feel  that  we  could 
be  perfectly  happy  all  day  and  every  day  in  there. 
We  like  to  hear  the  birds  talking  about  their  nests, 
and  how  many  eggs  there  are  now,  and  when  the 
young  ones  are  going  to  have  their  first  flying  lesson. 
We  love  also  Ceres,  the  Goddess  of  Agriculture, 
who  is  standing  on  a  pedestal  on  top  of  the  lovely 
fountain.  Mrs.  Evelyn  Longman  is  the  lady  who 
made  it.  The  young  ladies  who  dance  around  the 
base  of  the  pedestal  are  so  happy  that  you  almost 
expect  them  to  join  hands  and  jump  down  and  dance 
on  the  grass.  Mr.  Albert  Jaegers'  Feast  of  the  Sacri- 
fice is  in  this  court  also,  but  we  did  not  care  so  much 

about  the  symbolism  of  that.  The  artist  has  made 

[52] 


WHAT  WE  SAW  AT  MADAME  WORLD'S  FAIR 
it  seem  so  real  that  we  are  sorry  for  the  poor  animal, 
which  we  are  sure  does  not  wish  to  be  sacrificed. 

But  when  we  are  in  this  lovely  court  it  is  impos- 
sible not  to  be  happy,  so  we  enjoy  the  flowers,  and 
the  statuary  without  thinking  too  much  of  what  the 
symbolism  is.  Father  says  that  we  can  think  of  that 
later,  when  we  are  older. 

The  Fountain  of  the  Earth  is  in  this  court,  and  we 
like  to  watch  the  play  of  the  water  over  the  dome  of 
the  fountain. 

In  front  of  the  Court  of  Flowers  stands  "The 
American  Pioneer,"  by  Mr.  Solon  Borglum,  which 
we  like  very  much,  because  it  looks  like  something 
out  of  our  story  books,  which  is  not  a  very  good  rea- 
son, father  says,  because  it  is  meant  to  show  that 
these  fine  old  men  and  women  came  first  and  made 
a  way  for  us,  and  if  they  had  not,  we  should  have 
no  beautiful  Fair  today. 

This  court  is  supposed  to  be  the  Court  of  Oriental 
Fairy  Tales,  but  so  far  we  have  not  met  any  one 
whom  we  know  especially,  except  "Beauty  and  the 
Beast,"  by  Edgar  Walters,  and  they  do  not  seem 
quite  in  the  right  place. 

Mr.  Calder's  Flower  Girls,  with  their  garlands, 

make  the  place  seem  very  gay  and  happy,  but  the 

[53] 


COURT  OF  THE  FOUR  SEASONS  AND  COURT  OF  FLOWERS 

real  flowers  were  what  we  liked  best,  and  we  could 
sit  for  hours  and  hours  in  this  beautiful  spot,  watch- 
ing the  big  butterflies  flitting  over  the  pansy  beds, 
and  the  bronze,  ruby-throated  humming-birds  flash- 
ing like  jewels  escaped  from  the  Tower. 

This  Fair  makes  us  wonder  why  people  do  not 
make  gardens  prettier,  and  not  live  in  houses  as 
much  as  they  now  do. 

We  suppose  it  is  because  they  cannot  all  live  in 
California,  where  out-of-doors  is  nearly  always  nice. 

Your  loving  cousins, 
JANE  AND  ELLEN. 


[54] 


MURAL  PAINTINGS 

DEAR  COUSINS: 

FATHER  said  today  that  he  was  afraid  we  had 
not  learned  much  about  the  murals,  and  we 
said  that  we  would  like  to  study  them  more, 
but  they  were  so  high  up  that  we  got  a  dreadfully 
achy  neck  every  time  we  tried  to  do  much  with 
them. 

He  laughed  a  little  at  that,  but  said  that  it  was  an 
affliction  which  had  to  be  borne,  as  he  was  anxious 
that  we  should  study  them.  He  wishes  us  to  be  able 
to  read  pictures  as  well  as  we  do  print,  or  music, 
because  they  always  have  some  story  to  tell  which 
helps  in  life. 

We  are  glad  now  that  he  insisted,  because  other- 
wise we  should  have  missed  seeing  Mr.  Robert 
Reid's  pictures  in  the  dome  of  the  Palace  of  Fine 
Arts. 

We  liked  very  much  the  panels  which  symbolize 
the  four  golds  of  California,  the  poppies,  the 

oranges,  the  gold,  and  the  wheat.  We  have  secured 

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MURAL  PAINTINGS 

some  photographs  of  all  the  murals  in  the  Exposi- 
tion, and  shall  study  them  when  we  are  at  home,  and 
we  shall  send  you  some  pictures  with  these  letters. 

We  are  of  course  not  quite  sure  why  we  like  some 
things  better  than  others,  but  we  do  like  very 
much  the  picture  entitled  " Victorious  Spirit"  in  the 
Court  of  the  Palms. 

It  has  the  most  beautiful  blue  in  it,  and  we  love 
blue,  though  of  course  we  know  that  that  is  not  an 
adequate  reason  for  liking  a  picture.  There  is  some- 
thing fine  about  being  a  Victorious  Spirit,  which  we 
admire,  especially  if  it  is  a  good  spirit,  and  this  one 
seems  to  be. 

In  the  Court  of  Abundance  we  saw  Mr.  Frank 
Brangwyn's  "Earth,"  "Air,"  "Water,"  and  "Fire." 
The  "Earth"  picture  shows  in  a  harvesting  scene  all 
the  things  which  the  earth  has  given  to  us.  In  "Fire" 
we  are  shown  how  fire  was  first  found,  and  how 
much  more  comfortable  people  were  after  that. 

Next,  men  were  learning  how  to  use  the  fire,  and 
when  they  had  discovered  that  cooked  food  was 
better  than  the  old  way,  they  needed  pots  to  cook 
their  food  in,  and  so  had  to  make  the  pots. 

In  the  "Water"  picture,  you  will  notice  that  the 
people  are  using  the  pots  now  for  carrying  the  water 

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WHAT  WE  SAW  AT  MADAME  WORLD'S  FAIR 

to  their  homes,  and  the  clouds  show  you  by  their 
heavy  grayness  that  it  will  soon  rain. 

The  "Air"  picture  shows  that  the  storm  has  come, 
and  the  children  are  hurrying  home  to  shelter.  We 
did  enjoy  these  pictures  so  much,  and  we  wish  that 
all  pictures  were  as  easy  to  read  and  as  interesting  as 
these.  It  is  a  bit  hard  to  understand  that  there  has 
ever  been  a  time  when  people  did  not  have  fire  and 
such  things,  but  father  says  we  should  not  say  such 
things  when  we  are  in  the  Fifth  Grade. 

Your  loving  cousins, 
JANE  AND  ELLEN. 


[57] 


WHAT  WE  DID  IN  ITALY 

DEAR  COUSINS: 

FATHER  said  today  that  it  was  time  to  improve 
our  minds  by  some  foreign  travel.  So  we 
stepped  into  our  imaginary  aeroplane  and  flew 
right  over. 

Italy's  palace  is  very  stately  with  great  high  ceil- 
ings and  elaborate  entrances.  It  represents  both 
Mediaeval  and  Renaissance  styles  of  architecture. 

A  very  nice  Italian  gentleman  showed  us  over  the 
palace  and  explained  the  things  to  us  as  well  as 
he  could  without  knowing  our  language,  and  of 
course  we  knew  nothing  of  his.  We  shall  study  lan- 
guages, and  we  like  Italian.  It  sounds  so  polite ! 

If  Christopher  Columbus  could  come  to  the  Fair, 
he  would  find  himself  on  a  pedestal  in  the  throne 
room,  along  with  his  king  and  queen.  Dante  also 
is  there,  and  stern-looking  Garibaldi,  and  Alexander 
Volte,  who  discovered  how  to  apply  electric  energy, 
and  many  other  famous  Italian  persons. 

In  another  part  of  the  palace  wonderful  laces  were 

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WHAT  WE  SAW  AT  MADAME  WORLD'S  FAIR 

displayed,  and  some  carved  corals  which  we  know 
would  have  pleased  mama. 

In  one  case  were  some  old  velvet  cloaks,  which 
we  have  seen  worn  by  pirates  and  buccaneers  in  our 
story  books — those  who  wear  big  droopy  hats  with 
big  plumes  on  them, — you  remember? 

There  are  copies  of  famous  painters,  among  them 
several  by  Titian,  who  always  painted  red-haired 
people,  and  isn't  it  funny  how  one  thing  you  hear  fits 
in  with  something  you  have  heard !  We  know  now 
why  big  sister  is  called  Titian-haired. 

Michael  Angelo's  ** Virgin"  we  shall  always  re- 
member, the  face  was  so  pale  and  pure  looking,  and 
so  young,  though  she  has  been  made  so  long.  There 
were  some  carved  alabaster  vases,  real  ones,  though 
almost  everything  is  copied,  and  some  modern  paint- 
ings which  my  nice  gentleman  did  not  care  about. 
He  liked  the  old  masters,  he  said.  There  were  some 
musical  instruments  which  had  been  dug  up  from 
Pompeii,  just  green  with  age.  Nobody  knows  what 
their  names  are. 

Some  copies  of  Lucca  della  Robbia  were  very 
beautiful,  especially  an  altar  piece  of  Virgin  and 
Child. 

The  furniture  is  beautiful,  and  is  all  in  keeping 

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WHAT  WE   DID   IN   ITALY 

with  the  big  rooms  and  high  ceilings.  They  use  fire- 
places mostly  in  Italy,  but  have  modern  heating 
now.  Our  nice  gentleman  said  that  Italy  is  a  good 
deal  like  California,  "only  little  bit  nicer." 

We  enjoyed  our  Italian  trip,  and  shall  always  re- 
member it. 

Your  loving  cousins, 
JANE  AND  ELLEN. 


[60] 


OUR  VISIT  IN  TEHUAN- 
TEPEC 


M 


DEAR  COUSINS: 

EXICO,  who  is  our  near  neighbor — she  lives 
just  across  the  Rio  Grande  River  from  us, — 
has  always  before  this  time  sent  a  good  rep- 
resentation to  Madame  World's  fairs. 

But  this  year  she  could  not  arrange  to  leave  home, 
and  some  of  her  children  were  much  disappointed, 
just  as  one  would  naturally  expect,  when  they  had 
their  minds  all  made  up  to  come.  We  can  quite  un- 
derstand it. 

So  one  little  village  said,  "Oh,  Mother  Mexico, 
please  let  us  go  to  our  Cousin  America's  party?" 

Mothers  always  enjoy  making  their  children 
happy,  we  are  glad  to  have  observed,  so  Senora 
Mexico  told  the  little  village  if  it  would  be  good  and 
keep  its  face  and  hands  clean,  and  not  ask  for  more 
than  one  helping  of  cake  and  ice-cream  that  it  might 

go  to  the  party.   So  it  came,  and  one  evening  we 

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OUR  VISIT  IN  TEHUANTEPEC 

went  up  to  call.  It  lives  on  a  very  noisy  street  called 
"The  Zone,"  but  after  we  were  inside  the  gates  we 
did  not  even  hear  the  noise. 

It  is  quite  the  quaintest  little  village  we  have  ever 
been  in.  They  have  a  dear  little  theatre,  not  a  movie, 
but  a  real  play  theatre,  which  pleased  us  because 
we  like  regular  plays  much  better  than  pictures.  It 
seems  more  like  really  doing  things,  and  we  miss  the 
voices  so  much  in  a  movie. 

They  gave  a  play  for  us,  in  their  own  language, 
and  it  was  very  funny.  We  did  not,  of  course,  under- 
stand the  words,  but  they  laughed  so  much  at  it  that 
we  knew. 

After  the  play  we  went  to  supper,  which  was 
cooked  on  a  'dobe  stove,  and  served  in  a  real  kitchen 
in  a  real  hacienda. 

There  is  a  real  river  of  real  water  running  through 
the  village,  and  on  it  is  a  tiny  barge  full  of  green 
vegetables,  showing  how  the  gardener  takes  his 
produce  to  market.  There  were  two  big  catfish  in 
the  river.  We  stood  on  the  puente,  which  is  Mexican 
for  "bridge,"  and  watched  the  good  ship  Anita  as 
it  steamed  into  the  harbor.  We  feared  the  catfish 
would  capsize  it. 

Some  of  the  people  of  the  village  have  brought 

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WHAT  WE  SAW  AT  MADAME  WORLD'S  FAIR 

along  their  work,  and  we  were  much  interested  in 
the  basket-making,  and  the  weaving  of  the  brilliant 
colored  scrapes,  which  the  people  wear  instead  of 
coats. 

A  Mexican  grandmother  gave  us  each  a  dear  little 
vase  of  red  pottery,  and  a  feather  picture  of  a  blue 
jay.  We  hoped  the  picture  was  not  made  of  a  real 
blue  jay's  feathers,  because  we  are  fond  of  him. 

We  found  the  village  interesting.  They  bade  us 
adios,  and  asked  us  to  come  again.  Thank  you, 
Mexico,  we  shall. 

Your  loving  cousins, 
JANE  AND  ELLEN. 


[63] 


DEAR   COUSINS: 

WE  DO  not  know  where  we  have  been  more 
beautifully  entertained  than  we  were  in 
Japan.   A  lovely  little  Japanese  maiden 
with  an  embroidered  robe  told  us  a  good  many  in- 
teresting things.    One  of  them  was  about   "Boy 
Day." 

It  seems  that  in  Japan  all  the  boys  have  one  birth- 
day, that  is,  May  fifth  is  set  aside  for  a  universal 
boys'  birthday.  They  have  then  a  celebration,  all 
over  the  nation,  and  it  is  what  with  us  would  be  a 
bank  holiday  like  Thanksgiving,  or  Decoration  Day. 
The  carp  is  chosen  for  the  emblem,  because  he 
is  the  Samurai,  or  warrior  fish,  because  he  is  so  full 
of  courage,  and  figures  of  him  are  made  of  crepe  and 
floated  from  bamboo  poles,  along  with  their  flag. 

On  that  day  the  boys  are  instructed  in  the  stand- 
ards of  manhood  as  they  are  expected  to  live,  and 
shown  their  ancestors'  great  deeds  as  recorded  in 

the  family  records. 

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WHAT  WE  SAW  AT  MADAME  WORLD'S  FAIR 

We  think  we  should  not  exactly  care  about  a 
wholesale  birthday,  but  the  maiden  said  that  the 
girls  also  have  one,  which  is  March  third.  A  doll 
made  like  the  small  girl  child  is  presented  to  her,  and 
she  is  supposed  to  keep  it  until  she  grows  up,  so  that 
her  children  may  have  it.  Japanese  people  care  a 
very  great  deal  about  their  ancestors,  and  we  sup- 
pose they  feel  about  them  as  we  do  about  our  great- 
grandfathers who  fought  with  George  Washington. 

We  had  Ceremonial  Tea,  in  a  lovely  tea-garden, 
which  was  very  beautiful,  but  of  course  we  are  not 
allowed  to  drink  tea,  but  the  cakes  were  interesting, 
and  father  said  that  budding  authoresses  should  al- 
ways absorb  local  color. 

We  think  that  we  did  that  because  we  studied  the 
flowers  and  shrubs  very  intently,  and  while  father 
talked  with  the  artist  who  was  making  lovely  postal 
cards  by  painting  scenes  from  the  gardens  we  went 
out  and  traced  to  its  source  the  laughing  brook  which 
was  rushing  through  the  grounds.  It  did  not  spoil  it 
a  bit  for  us  to  discover  that  the  brook  came  from  a 
water  pipe  sunk  in  the  ground,  because  we  under- 
stand of  course  that  the  gardens  did  not  grow  there 
of  their  own  accord. 

The  Japanese  people  love  beauty  and  always  cre- 

[65] 


A  lovely  little  Japanese  maiden  with  an  embroidered  robe  told  us  a 
good  many  interesting  things. 


WHAT  WE  SAW  AT  MADAME  WORLD'S  FAIR 

ate  it  wherever  they  may  be  living,  and  their  gardens 
at  the  Fair  are  very  wonderful.  They  have  a  dwarf 
evergreen  tree  which  is  said  to  be  over  one  thousand 
years  old.  It  is  about  as  large  as  our  Christmas  tree 
is  when  we  have  a  large  one  for  both  families. 

In  Japan,  the  silk  culture  occupies  an  important 
place.  We  saw  some  exhibits  of  it,  and  it  seems  to 
us  that  if  we  did  not  care  so  much  about  our  native 
land  that  we  might  like  to  go  and  raise  silkworms 

in  Japan. 

Your  loving  cousins, 

JANE  AND  ELLEN. 


[66] 


Section  Court  of  the  Ages,  showing  Tower  of  Jewels  and  Arch  of  the  Rising  Sun  in 
distance.  The  Fountain  of  Earth  in  the  foreground. 


CANADA  THE  BEAUTIFUL 

DEAR  COUSINS: 

CANADA,  who  is  our  very  nearest  neighbor  on 
the  North,  has  built  a  mansion  at  the  Fair, 
which  seems  to  us  the  very  most  beautiful 
of  all. 

The  pictures  shown  give  one  a  perfectly  correct 
idea  of  the  country,  and  what  it  produces,  and  can 
produce  in  the  future. 

As  we  entered  we  were  asked  by  a  polite  attend- 
ant to  "keep  to  the  left,  please,"  which  rather  sur- 
prised us  until  we  remembered  that  in  England  and 
all  colonies  belonging  to  her  all  traffic  passes  from 
left  to  right,  and  not  the  opposite,  as  with  us. 

The  pictures  of  the  forests  and  the  birds  and  ani- 
mals which  live  in  them  kept  us  a  long  while,  and 
we  were  never  tired  of  looking  at  them.  We  were 
glad  that  father  brought  us,  because  we  could  look 
as  long  as  we  liked,  instead  of  hurrying  through  as 
so  many  children  are  obliged  to  do. 

The  pictures  are  made  by  placing  real  animals  or 

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WHAT  WE  SAW  AT  MADAME  WORLD'S  FAIR 

other  objects  in  the  foreground,  and  painting  a  back 
drop  continuation  of  the  scene,  in  the  manner  of  a 
stage  drop  in  a  theatre. 

One  beautiful  scene  represents  a  farmhouse  with 
cattle  grazing  in  the  distance,  and  green  gardens 
and  fruit  trees  around  the  house.  It  is  meant  to  show 
what  a  farmer  can  do  in  five  years  of  work  on  a  new 
piece  of  ground. 

Another  picture  shows  the  rolling  prairies  with 
fields  of  ripe,  yellow  wheat,  with  snow-capped 
mountains  in  the  far  distance,  and  still  another  takes 
one  to  the  extreme  north  of  Canada,  and  shows  how 
the  Aurora  Borealis  lights  up  the  world  during  the 
time  of  the  midnight  sun. 

There  is  also  a  wonderful  apple-harvesting  scene, 
where  real  apples  are  used  in  the  foreground,  and 
in  the  background  men  on  ladders  are  gathering  the 
apples  from  the  trees. 

Canada  has  also  immense  mines  of  iron,  coal,  gold 
and  silver,  as  well  as  great  quarries  of  marble,  as- 
bestos and  copper,  and  many  other  minerals. 

The  decorations  in  the  main  building  are  made 
from  seeds,  and  you  would  be  surprised,  we  are  sure, 
to  see  the  pictures  which  can  be  produced  with  the 
natural  seeds  and  grasses. 

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CANADA  THE  BEAUTIFUL 

We  liked  Canada  very  much  and  brought  away 

some  new  ideas. 

Your  loving  cousins, 

JANE  AND  ELLEN. 


[69] 


OUR  CHINESE  VISIT 

DEAR  COUSINS: 

WE  WENT  one  day  to  the  Chinese  pavilions, 
and  wandered  around  there  to  our  hearts' 
content.     It  was  so  fascinating  that  we 
could   hardly  come   away.   The   embroideries   are 
wonderful,  especially  the  scenes  and  birds,  and  we 
had  no  ambition  to  try  to  do  them.   The  carved  teak- 
wood  furniture  is  lovely,  especially  that  combined 
with  porcelain.   Unless  one  could  travel  to  China 
they  could  never  see  such  treasures  as  are  here  dis- 
played. 

A  very  polite  little  Chinese  gentleman  noticed  that 
we  were  interested  in  an  old  coin  collection,  and  ex- 
plained to  us  that  "these  ancient  cash  were  un- 
earthed by  a  farmer  while  plowing  near  Canton." 
The  coins  bear  dates  all  the  way  from  6 1  8  B.  C.  to 
1265  A.  D.  We  decided  that  we  would  keep  our 
"cash"  in  a  different  sort  of  bank. 

The  polite  gentleman  told  us  something  about  the 
dwarf  trees  which  are  used  for  decorative  purposes, 

[70] 


OUR  CHINESE   VISIT 

and  showed  us  an  elm  tree  which  was  over  a  hundred 
years  old,  and  is  only  three  feet  in  height,  and  is 
growing,  or,  as  we  said  we  thought,  just  living,  in 
a  flower-pot.  The  Chinese  dragon  on  the  flower-pot 
would  have  scared  us  so  that  we  never  could  grow 
any  more  if  we  had  to  live  with  it,  and  perhaps  that 
is  what  happened  to  the  tree. 

The  gentleman  was  feeling  very  sad  over  the  loss 
of  some  similar  trees  which  had  been  ruined  by  the 
voyage  from  China,  by  the  carelessness  of  some  one 
who  took  care  of  them,  in  watering  them  with  sea 
water.  We  took  note  of  the  fact  that  salt  water  will 
kill  trees  and  plants. 

There  were  some  reproductions  of  ancient  temples 
and  shrines,  and  a  queer  picture  made  of  postage 
stamps  of  all  nations,  and  we  had  a  lot  of  fun  finding 
our  own  stamps.  It  has  a  picture  of  George  Wash- 
ington, and  as  far  as  we  can  remember  it  was  the 
third  one  from  the  end,  starting  at  the  right. 

After  we  had  seen  all  the  pictures  in  the  pavilion, 
and  all  the  other  treasures,  we  went  to  the  tea-house 
to  have  lunch. 

Dear  little  almond-eyed  Chinese  girls  waited  on 
us,  and  surprised  us  by  speaking  excellent  English. 

We  were  a  little  disappointed  that  they  wore  Ameri- 

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WHAT  WE  SAW  AT  MADAME  WORLD'S  FAIR 

can-made  shoes  with  their  pretty  native  costumes, 
but  father  said,  "Why  not?  They  are  going  to  be 
American  girls  now.  That  is  why  Madame  World 
was  anxious  to  have  the  Canal." 

We  are  glad  we  brought  father,  he  always  remem- 
bers what  we  do  not  want  to  forget. 

Your  loving  cousins, 
JANE  AND  ELLEN. 


[72] 


MORE  FOREIGN  TRAVEL 

DEAR  COUSINS: 

IF  THERE  is  one  place  that  we  do  adore  it  is 
Hawaii.  We  have  been  there  so  many  times  since 
we  came  to  the  Fair,  that  now  when  we  stop  to 
look  at  the  gorgeous  fishes  they  seem  to  show  signs 
of  recognition. 

We  spent  a  very  pleasant  hour  in  the  motion  pic- 
ture theatre  in  Hawaii,  and  got  a  very  good  idea  of 
the  country.  We  have  resolved  that  we  shall  go 
there  the  very  first  trip  we  take  really  abroad. 

The  day  before  our  last  at  the  Fair  we  stopped  in 
Hawaii  to  get  a  glass  of  pineapple  juice,  and  to  listen 
to  the  singing.  The  choir  sang  *' Aloha,"  the  Ha- 
waiian song  of  farewell  which  ex-Queen  Liliuoka- 
lani  wrote,  and  it  made  us  feel  a  sort  of  sad  happi- 
ness. 

So,  to  get  cheered  up  we  went  over  to  Holland, 
and  looked  at  the  beautiful  picture  of  the  land  of 
Queen  Wilhelmina,  whom  every  one  loves. 

Holland's  mansion  is  tastefully  decorated  in  blue 

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WHAT  WE  SAW  AT  MADAME  WORLD'S  FAIR 

and  brown,  and  looks  very  inviting.  Java,  one  of 
Holland's  colonies,  has  some  interesting  colored 
prints  called  Battik  cloth,  which  are  made  by  cov- 
ering the  surface  of  the  cotton  with  clay,  or  wax, 
and  then  cracking  the  covering  so  that  the  dye  stuffs 
may  penetrate  to  the  cloth. 

In  Norway  there  was  no  one  at  home  except  some 
singers  who  were  giving  a  concert,  which  we  en- 
joyed. Their  things  had  not  yet  been  unpacked. 

Australia  was  at  home  and  showed  us  her  treas- 
ures. We  liked  her  birds  and  brilliant  butterflies,  but 
father  was  more  interested  in  her  articles  of  com- 
merce, such  as  woods,  wools  and  fruits. 

It  is  hard  to  remember  that  these  countries  are 
really  so  far  away  from  our  own  country,  it  is  so 
easy  to  get  to  them  in  the  Fair. 

New  Zealand  showed  us  some  motion  pictures  of 
interesting  water  sports,  and  how  they  catch  the  big 
kingfishes;  we  saw,  also,  some  mounted  specimens 
of  the  kiwi,  the  wingless  bird  of  New  Zealand.  It 
has  absolutely  no  wings,  and  is  about  the  size  of  a 
guinea  hen. 

From  there  we  went  over  to  Siam  for  a  few  min- 
utes, to  see  their  lovely  lacquered  wood,  and  other 

treasures,  and  then  went  to  Turkey  to  admire  the 

[74] 


MORE  FOREIGN  TRAVEL 

rugs  and  Benares  brasses.  We  are  sorry  that  so  many 
of  the  countries  which  we  are  anxious  to  see  have 
not  as  yet  arrived,  but  we  must  hope  to  come  back  to 
the  Fair  before  it  closes. 

Your  loving  cousins, 
JANE  AND  ELLEN. 

P.  S. — Have  you  ever  noticed  how  sad  it  is  to  do 
things  for  the  last  time? 


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OUR  DAY  IN  SWEDEN 

DEAR  COUSINS: 

WE  HAVE  always  wanted  to  see  how  skis 
are  really  worn,  and  we  were  very  glad 
to  go  to  Sweden  and  see  them.  The  Swed- 
ish mansion  is  directly  across  from  the  Canadian 
building,  so  our  foreign  travel  is  being  made  very 
easy  for  us. 

We  went  into  a  blue  room,  after  we  had  seen  all 
the  ships,  and  steel  things,  and  the  beet  sugar  cones, 
which  made  your  mouth  water  just  to  look  at  them. 
The  walls  of  the  blue  room  are  covered  with  a 
cloth  made  from  wool,  and  colored  blue,  the  very 
bluest  blue  you  could  imagine.  Then  we  saw  the 
nice  deep  hand-painted  chests  which  we  thought 
would  be  perfectly  fascinating  to  have  in  our  attic, 
to  put  all  our  brocaded  satin  dresses  in,  so  that  our 
children  could  dress  up  in  them  as  we  do  in  our 
grandmother's  things.  There  are  old-fashioned  wool 

rugs  made  with  a  hook  which  pulls  wool  through  a 

[76] 


OUR  DAY   IN   SWEDEN 

foundation.  We  have  seen  Tillie  Nelson's  mater 
make  them  in  Minnesota. 

Their  furniture  is  black  oak,  with  wool  tapestry 
for  covering,  and  there  are  some  beautiful  book- 
cases, and  hand-carved  book-ends,  and  some  beau- 
tiful book-bindings. 

We  looked  a  long  time  at  the  wonderful  pictures 
of  snowstorms  painted  by  A.  Schultzberg,  1914. 
We  both  like  them  better  than  any  paintings  we  have 
ever  seen.  We  almost  expected  to  see  little  Mrs.  Cot- 
tontail hop  out  from  under  the  snow-laden  spruce 
trees,  or  to  hear  a  chickadee  bird  sing  his  winter  song 
from  one  of  the  branches.  We  have  resolved  to 
study  art.  A  beautiful  statue,  carved  by  Alice  Nor- 
din,  entitled  "The  Goddess  of  Love,"  is  in  that  room, 
and  seemed  to  us  very  beautiful. 

There  were  some  bronze  chandeliers  which  we 
know  would  interest  big  brother,  they  were  what  he 
calls  decorative,  and  some  china  which  sister  would 
rave  over. 

We  came  away  feeling  that  Sweden  is  a  very  large 
and  useful  nation,  and  a  homey  and  comfortable 
sort  of  people.  We  said  so  to  father,  but  he  said, 
"Yes,  yes,  children,  I  am  glad  you  felt  that,  because 

they  are  that  and  more." 

[77] 


WHAT  WE  SAW  AT  MADAME  WORLD'S  FAIR 

We  knew  by  his  tone  that  he  was  thinking,  so  we 
were  careful  not  to  chatter  and  disturb  him. 

Your  loving  cousins, 
JANE  AND  ELLEN. 


[78] 


THE  ITREWORKS 
ILLUMINATIONS' 


DEAR    COUSINS: 

FAIRY-LAND  was  never  more  beautiful  than 
the  Fair  is  when  the  lights  are  on  in  the  evening, 
\vith  all  the  big  searchlights  and  the  colored 
lights  going  at  once.  Then  the  Tower  looks  like  the 
queen  that  it  is,  with  its  thousands  of  sparkling 
jewels.  There  is  something  majestic  and  silently 
mystical  about  it,  as  it  stands  with  its  head  among  the 
stars.  There  has  never  been  anything  like  it,  and 
there  will  never  be  anything  like  it,  and  while,  like 
other  great  things,  it  may  have  faults,  it  will  live 
forever  in  the  hearts  of  the  little  children  who  have 
seen  it. 

Once  in  a  while,  as  a  special  treat,  Madame  World 
has  an  evening  of  fireworks,  in  addition  to  the  illu- 
minations which  she  provides  for  her  guests  every 
evening.  We  went  out  late  one  afternoon,  and 
stayed  out  for  them. 

Out  on  the  Marina,  or  water-front,  there  is  a  big 

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WHAT  WE  SAW  AT  MADAME  WORLD'S  FAIR 

machine  which  controls  the  searchlights,  and  from 
there  the  whole  Fair  is  illuminated. 

When  the  lights  are  turned  on,  and  stream  far  up 
in  the  sky,  it  looks  as  though  the  Goddess  of  Light 
and  all  her  subjects  were  holding  high  carnival  in 
the  heavens.  Sometimes  the  lights  are  all  colors  of 
the  rainbow,  and  when  they  are  turned  on  Golden 
Gate  it  looks  as  though  all  the  color  sprites  from  the 
coral  caves  were  sailing  in  from  tropical  seas  to 
dance  at  the  carnival. 

A  most  beautiful  color  effect  was  arrived  at  by 
puffing  great  white  clouds  of  steam  from  engines, 
and  turning  on  them  the  colored  searchlights. 

The  fireworks  were,  however,  the  crowning  sur- 
prise. First  they  were  the  ordinary  Fourth  of  July 
kind,  just  skyrockets,  which,  bursting  with  a  loud 
report,  fling  stars  and  bouquets  of  flowers  in  the  air. 

We  liked  them  very  much,  as  all  children  like  fire- 
works, and  were  quite  satisfied  that  we  were  having 
a  lovely  time,  when  Boom !  a  big  rocket  exploded, 
sending  balls  of  fire  high  up  in  the  air,  and  do  you 
know,  out  flew  Old  Mother  Hubbard  and  her  dog 
Tray,  Mary  and  her  little  lamb,  Little  Boy  Blue  and 
his  flock  of  sheep,  the  old  woman  who  went  up  in  a 
basket,  the  pig  which  flew  so  high,  and  the  cow 

[80] 


THE  FIREWORKS  AND  ILLUMINATIONS 

which  jumped  over  the  moon,  not  to  mention  a 
ballet  dancer,  and  whole  flocks  of  geese,  and  strings 
of  flags,  all  the  old  story-book  folks,  not  little  things 
which  you  would  have  to  guess  about,  but  real  large- 
as-life  characters  whom  you  would  at  once  recog- 
nize. Now  if  some  one  will  explain  to  us  how  they 
could  pack  them  all  into  a  skyrocket,  we  shall  be 
satisfied. 

To  complete  the  entertainment,  the  aviator  then 
went  up  in  his  aeroplane  and  gave  an  imitation  of  a 
comet  tearing  through  space. 

Your  loving  cousins, 
JANE  AND  ELLEN. 


[81] 


THE  PANAMA  CANAL 
CONCESSION 

DEAR  COUSINS: 

IN  SPITE  of  the  fact  that  it  may  be  called  adver- 
tising, which,  father  says,  we  are  not  being  paid 
to  do,  we  wish  very  much  to  tell  you  about  the 
Panama  Canal  representation  which  we  saw  at  the 
Fair. 

It  is  far  and  away  the  most  educational  and  inter- 
esting thing  at  the  Fair,  and  helped  us  to  understand 
really  why  Madame  World  was  so  anxious  to  have 
the  Canal  cut,  and  why  there  is  so  much  rejoicing 
over  it. 

They  have  a  moving  platform  with  chairs  upon 
which  we  were  seated,  and  given  a  telephone, 
through  which  we  heard  the  lecture,  and  as  the  plat- 
form moved  around  the  circle,  carrying  us  from  the 
Pacific  to  the  Atlantic,  we  were  informed  as  to  each 
step  in  the  great  work  of  making  the  Canal,  and 

shown  exactly  how  it  is  now  operated. 

[82] 


THE   PANAMA  CANAL  CONCESSION 

Of  course  we  had  to  keep  constantly  in  mind  that 
if  we  were  really  to  travel  over  the  country  which 
we  were  being  shown  that  we  could  by  no  means 
do  it  in  the  twenty-three  minutes  which  are  used  in 
seeing  the  show.  But  it  gives  a  really  correct  idea 
of  the  country,  and  the  work  which  has  been  and  is 
being  done,  how  the  locks  are  opened  and  closed, 
and  how  the  ships  go  through  the  locks,  the  location 
of  the  lighthouses,  and  of  the  various  rivers  and 
mountains,  also  how  the  cities  are  placed,  and  what 
cities  are  now  submerged. 

We  had  always  wondered  how  it  was  possible  for 
a  ship  to  go  higher  than  the  level  of  the  ocean,  and 
no  amount  of  explanation  which  father  could  give 
us  was  able  to  make  it  clear  to  us.  But  the  actual 
passing  through  of  the  tiny  vessel  showed  us  at  once. 
Whenever  a  vessel  has  gone  through  the  Canal  the 
fact  is  communicated  to  the  world  by  the  wireless 
which  is  stationed  at  each  Canal  entrance. 

We  are  very  glad  that  we  saw  the  real  working, 
splendid  Canal  spread  out  before  us,  and  only  wish 
that  you  might  also  have  seen  it. 

Your  loving  cousins, 
JANE  AND  ELLEN. 

[83] 


Western  Section  of  the  "Joy  Zone." 


OUR  DAY  ON  THE  ZONE 

DEAR  COUSINS: 

FATHER  said  that  on  our  last  day  at  the  Fair 
we  might  be  as  frivolous  as  we  pleased.  So  we 
went  in  at  the  Van  Ness  Avenue  entrance,  and 
did  everything  we  wanted  to  do.   Father  did  not 
seem  a  bit  bored,  though  we  had  been  afraid  that 
he  would. 

We  went  to  Toyland,  and  saw  the  circus,  and  the 
dog  show,  and  the  funny  little  men  and  women,  who 
are  really  grown  up  although  they  are  scarcely 
bigger  than  little  brother,  who  is  only  five.  There 
was  one  little  father  and  mother  there  with  a  baby 
nearly  as  big  as  they  were. 

Then  we  went  over  to  Japan  Beautiful,  and  it  is 
indeed  beautiful,  and  we  stayed  a  long  time,  buying 
gifts  for  all  of  you.  It  looked  like  fairyland  with  all 
the  red  lanterns  and  pretty  flags  flying.  It  was 
Queen  Day.  The  queen's  chariot  was  a  big  bird,  like 

a  swan,  only  more  beautiful. 

[84] 


WHAT  WE  SAW  AT  MADAME  WORLD'S  FAIR 

Then  we  zigzagged  across  again  and  did  things 
on  the  other  side  of  the  Zone,  like  going  up  in  the 
funny  thing  which  gives  you  a  ride  in  the  air,  so  you 
can  see  all  the  Fair  at  once.  Then  we  stopped  a  few 
minutes  in  Old  Mexico,  but  we  had  been  there  be- 
fore, you  know,  so  we  came  out  and  went  to  see  the 
little  babies  in  the  incubators.  They  are  very  sweet, 
but  are  so  little  that  they  cannot  live  in  just  beds  like 
other  babies.  They  should  have  had  "The  Blue 
Bird"  to  read  before  they  came  and  then  they  would 
not  have  been  in  so  much  of  a  hurry,  because  it  can- 
not be  any  fun  to  be  shut  up  in  there. 

We  were  hungry  when  we  saw  the  chickens  being 
roasted  in  front  of  a  cafe,  so  we  went  in  and  had 
some  lunch,  and  came  out  in  time  to  see  the  big  man 
walk  across  the  Zone  on  a  wire  stretched  away 
above  our  heads.  We  bought  some  candies,  and  saw 
them  being  made,  and  father  bought  us  each  a  Nova 
Gem  pendant,  so  we  should  not  forget  how  the 
Tower  sparkles  in  the  sun,  and  then  we  went  down 
to  see  the  man  fly.  He  writes  his  name  in  the  sky, 
but  it  does  not  stay  there  very  long.  Father  says 
Fame  is  like  that. 

Then  we  came  out  and  stood  and  looked  back  at 

the  Tower,  and  out  under  the  arches,  out  to  where 

[85] 


OUR  DAY  ON  THE  ZONE 

the  bay  was  shining  in  the  setting  sun,  and  were  glad 
that  we  had  come.  Father  asked  us  what  we  had 
liked  most.  We  couldn't  answer  just  at  first,  but 
after  we  were  outside  we  knew.  We  had  loved  it, 
every  bit  of  it,  but  the  best  thing  of  all  was  going 

home  to  mother. 

Your  loving  cousins, 

JANE  AND  ELLEN. 


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